Photos: Sovereign swag available in Vancouver

Photos: Sovereign swag available in Vancouver

For the definitive in achingly moder English pottery, go straight to the queen of the ceramicists Emma Bridgewater. The specific commemorative Diamond Jubilee ‘60 years a Queen’ plate ($60).

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Flag-bearers: Let’s have the whole flag under one’s feet or under your bed. In cool bone and beige as well as the normal colours, these rugs are priced at $495 each, and pillow from $95, from Parliament Interiors, 115 Water St.Handout
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Perfect your royal wave with Queenie herself. Plonk the Solar Queen - complete with trusty handbag - in the sun, and she will start her signature wave. Perfect centrepiece for that Jubilee party. Costs $20, at Make Vancouver.Handout
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It might not have all the glamour as a Union Jack teapot, but a Brown Betty is veritable piece of British heritage from Staffordshire, the home of Englands pottery traditions. Shining through its glaze, its said to produce the best pot of tea in the world according to its blurb. Taste for yourself, from $33, at Chocolate Mousse, 1553 Robson St.Steve Allen
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The terribly British Crabtree & Evelyn chain has some blousy floral soaps as if plucked from the proverbial English country garden. The “island range” by Indian Hicks from Crabtree & Evelyn is about something altogether more exotic. India Hicks Island Night scent, around $55.
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For the definitive in achingly modern English pottery, go straight to the queen of the ceramicists Emma Bridgewater. The specific commemorative Diamond Jubilee ‘60 years a Queen’ pint mug ($80, with its own box) and plate ($60) as well as her Union Jack collection including teapot ($129). Find it all at Bacci’s, 2788 Granville St.Handout
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With the London Olympics just months’ away, the Union Jack and St. George’s cross, the patron saint of England, are showing their colours. Mowhawk toque ($21.75) both at Make Vancouver.
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